A new species of Bregmaceros (Gadiformes: Bregmacerotidae) from the eastern Pacific Ocean, with comments on B. atlanticus and B. japonicus Author Harold, Antony S. 0009-0002-8129-6167 Grice Marine Laboratory, College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina 29412, USA; telephone: 1 - 843 - 953 - 9200; harolda @ cofc. edu; https: // orcid. org / 0009 - 0002 - 8129 - 6167 harolda@cofc.edu Author Baltzegar, D. Andrew 0009-0002-8129-6167 Grice Marine Laboratory, College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina 29412, USA; telephone: 1 - 843 - 953 - 9200; harolda @ cofc. edu; https: // orcid. org / 0009 - 0002 - 8129 - 6167 & Center for Human Health and the Environment, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, USA; telephone: 1 - 919 - 513 - 0738; dabaltze @ ncsu. edu; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 3467 - 4017 harolda@cofc.edu text Zootaxa 2023 2023-10-03 5352 2 266 278 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5352.2.7 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5352.2.7 1175-5326 8407310 E6414078-CEA2-4B86-9230-38EA2A7BFB0C Bregmaceros japonicus : PACIFIC OCEAN. CAS ( SU ) 22420 (2, 56.5–66.2 mm ), Okinose , Sagami Bay , Japan , collected by Tanaka , no other data available. ZUMT 2016 (2, 52.7–62.9 mm ), PARATYPES , Sagami Bay , Japan , no other data available .